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Show Polyglot Town It is estimated that more than 43 races were represented among 2,000 prewar inhabitants of Darwin, Australia. Aus-tralia. Streets were filled with fierce bushmen, white Australian traders, European adventurers, fuzzy-headed Fijians, Chinese coolies cool-ies and merchants, Japanese pearl divers, and a variety of half-castes. This polyglot populace managed to-build to-build a hospital and a school, and to Install a power and water system. sys-tem. When steamers docked the townfolk obtained fresh fruits, vegetables vege-tables and tobacco. Occasionally a plane arrived and prisoners were turned out of Jail to clear the field of horses and goats for the landing. |
